Climate · Sapporo

Sapporo in February

Cold and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Sapporo is cold: highs near 30°F, lows near 15°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 54 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Sapporo is cold: highs near -1°C, lows near -9°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 54 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
30°F-1°Caverage
Low
15°F-9°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 50% of days
Daylight
10h 27mon average

Is February a good time to visit Sapporo?


February sits outside Sapporo's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about four days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 30°F in February, against 29°F to 79°F through the year.Highs near -1°C in February, against -2°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

50% of days in February, against 38% to 62% through the year.

Cloud cover

74% cover in February, against 43% to 75% through the year.

Daylight

10h 27m in February, against 9h 03m to 15h 19m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with February shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. January29°-2°low 15°low -9°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. February30°-1°low 15°low -9°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. March37°3°low 22°low -6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Sapporo sits, in February

Asia/Tokyo

this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
6:34 AMsets 5:04 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kiroro30 km west

The land around Sapporo, shaded by its typical high in February, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Japan in February

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sapporo. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.